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Tanner, Alabama

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Athens census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35671. The Survey maps it on the Tanner quadrangle. It stands 666 feet above sea level.

Tanner within Limestone County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 22 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

47 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Tanner between 1994 and 2020, burning about 215 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Arson/incendiarism5
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
25 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNOR-20140925-003
22 September 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160922-11
19 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2004Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190911-3
11 September 2006Debris and open burning4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2011Smoking30 acresAlabama Forestry Commission12764 SOMMERS RD, AL
19 August 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Limestone County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Tanner: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gilbert MinePhosphorus-PhosphatesProducer

Every working recorded in Limestone County

Storms near this place

10 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tanner in 10 storm reports between 1994 and 2017: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 hail, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 1994Tornado (F3)Tanner$500,000no account filed
May 2013Tornado (EF0)Tanner$50,000A short-lived tornado initially touched down along Roy Long Road just west of Highway 31. Several trees were snapped and uprooted around a residential property. The residence itself sustained minor damage as narrow wooden front porch pillars were broken and shifted by the wind. Based upon this damage, the maximum winds were determined to be around 75 mph, which is a mid range EF-0 tornado. ||The tornado skipped northeast with additional damage along Highway 72, just west of Highway 31. Multiple signs atop a large metal pole were blown out and a portion of the metal siding was ripped off. The tornado weakened after this point, and lifted just northeast of the damaged location.
February 2001Thunderstorm WindTanner$50,000Trees and power lines were knocked down just south of Tanner. Several mobile homes received considerable damage in the Lawson's Trailer Park.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindTanner$6,000no account filed
July 2008Thunderstorm WindTanner$1,000A tree was downed by thunderstorm winds at Tanner.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindTanner$200A large tree was knocked down across Stewart Road, north of Nuclear Plant Road in Tanner.
June 2017Flash FloodTanner-Water reported running over numerous roads across Limestone County, particularly in the Tanner Community. Depth of water unknown at this time.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindTanner-An estimated wind gust between 60 and 70 mph was reported.
April 2009HailTanner-Quarter sized hail was reported. Time estimated by radar.
February 2008HailTanner-One inch hail was reported in Tanner.

Every storm recorded in Limestone County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Tanner Crossroads0.8 miles22
Country Club Acres1.8 miles22
Jones Crossroads1.9 miles15
Batts Heights2.3 miles22
Murphree Place2.4 miles22
Southside2.9 miles22
Bonnie Doone3.0 miles22
Beulah Land3.4 miles15

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on TannerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3473985The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 153647. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.